Simple2Learn Quarterly Review : It's pagerank 3 now.

Simple2learn is a Pagerank 3 blog now, after yesterday's Google Pagerank update. Last update in January saw the blog rise to pagerank 2 from 0 and I did a post to simplify the Google Pagerank technology and how important it is plus a list of my favourite sites to analyse our websites. Take a look.

A higher Google Pagerank simply means that the site has been linked to by a good number of sites and it helps a website to rank higher in Google searches done by people across the web.

I strictly believe an overkill of Pagerank and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) should be strictly avoided as it takes the focus off quality of CONTENT, but at the same time a few simple things done the right way never hurts !!

In this weekend post let's analyse the progress made by Simple2Learn this quarter :

1. Blogcatalog : Blogcatalog and Mybloglog are 2 of the best networking sites for bloggers. While I joined Mybloglog recently in February, I have been a member of Blogcatalog since November when I really started blogging. While my BC score/point has been around a meagre 25 ( primarily because I haven't started many discusions or groups ) I have benefitted a lot as the focus has been on making quality friends and trying to follow each others blogs.

2. Technorati : An amazing search engine for weblogs, tags and keywords. Keep checking what's hot in your niche and how we can discuss about them in our posts. A technorati fave or backlinks has a lot of weight , it seems. I guess Simple2Learn's Technorati authority (backlinks )was 7-8 during last pagerank update and currently it's 16.

3. Digg/Stumbleupon : While I joined the bookmarking and link submission giants Digg and StumbleUpon almost at the sametime when I resurrected my blog in November, I am still discovering them and have started exploring them only now. But I hear they are terrific ways to promote your posts and articles.

4. Google FriendConnect/Followers widget : The best way to show appreciation for a blogger/blogspot blog and connect with fellow bloggers.

5. Feedburner RSS feed : Most people use Google Reader and many other online feed readers or softwares to keep themselves updated on blogs/websites they like. A must for all frequently updated websites.

6. Directory Submission and Indexing: Simple2Learn features in many reputed link submission directories. Most importantly Simple2Learn was submitted to Google directory through Google Webmaster or Google Analytics ( for analysing traffic), in Yahoo's directory through Yahoo Site Explorer and to MSN for indexing.

7. Ping : With so many social networking sitesand other tools mentioned above it's important to let them know of our site's updates. Ping-o-matic is a great tool for pinging most of these at once. But I think it helps to keep logging in most of these wabsites manually and checking their updates and notifying them of ours.

Enjoy your weekend and review your progress.

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Google Pagerank Simplified !!

In Brief :

I was surfing net yesterday when I accidently discovered that the homepage of my blog has a pagerank of 2. Last time I played this game it was 0 (a month back I guess). I checked it on a number of credible online tools and google datacenters to verify it's not fake. Hopefully it's not !!

Not sure whether it matters but anyways here is PAGERANK simplified for you.


• Google uses 200 signals ( read "ways") to determine the importance of a web page. The " Google Pagerank Algorithm" which has been patented is one of them. Google bought the rights from Stanford University.
• PageRank reflects Google's view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms.
• Pagerank is a ranking system from 0-10 where a rank of 10 is the highest.
In simple terms Google takes into account the following two factors :


• No. of backlinks to your page
• The quality/ranks/pagerank of the sites that link to your site. It means that if two pages link to you , one having a Pagerank of 4 and other 2, the Pagerank 4 site's link will carry more weight.

So it's not only the quantity but also the quality of pages that link to you that matter. However my advice will be don't go looking for quality back-links. Instead try networking within your niche without any bias towards higher page-rank sites.
Thanks to all my friends mentioned in the sidebar ("The Chosen Ones" and Blogcatalog)

For those interested in optimising 'keywords', here is 'keywords' simplified by Icantinternet.org

In case you want to fiddle with your site's stats, read more for the best free online SEO tools....

In Detail :

• RankingToday : Terrific site for complete SEO check-up of your site. Also has a free meta-tag and keyword generator among other tools. Lists the real page-rank and alo the average pagerank across number of Google centers.
• Diagnosticoweb : Easily one of the best online SEO tool. Extensive info is presented in simple manner. You can have all the data on your fingertips !!
• Iwebtools : Amazing array of web tools. Boasts of a host of tools beyond imagination
• Popuri : cool and simple interface. It gives the number of Google Pagerank, Alexa rank and also Google and Yahoo backlinks plus Delicious and Technorati backlinks.
• Linkvendor : This one makes pagerank and SEO comparisons between two or more sites fun. One can check almost everything in detail right from pagerank, social bookmarks, keyword analysis, website speed and more....

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